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1 online resource (333 pages) |
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Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; List of Illustrations; List of Maps; Preface; Part I Prehistoric, Roman, and Anglo-Saxon Britain; 1 The Land and Peoples of Early Britain; Geography of the British Isles; Prehistoric Britain; The Bronze and Iron Ages; Stonehenge; The Celts; The Rise of Roman Britain; The Decline of Roman Rule; Life in Roman Britain; Suggested Reading; 2 The Anglo-Saxon Era, 410-1066; Anglo-Saxon Invasions and the Heptarchy; Christianity in Anglo-Saxon England; St. Augustine; The First Danish Invasions: King Alfred and the Danelaw |
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The Second Danish Invasions: Ethelred and CanuteEdward the Confessor (1042-1066); The Events of 1066; Anglo-Saxon Society; Women; Economic Conditions; Scotland and Ireland; Intellectual and Artistic Life in the British Isles; Suggested Reading; Part II Medieval Britain; 3 The First Century of Feudalism, 1066-1189; William I and English Feudalism; The Manorial System; Continuity and Change; The Domesday Book; The Sons of William I; Henry I (1100-1135); Stephen and Matilda, 1135-1154; Henry II (1154-1189) and the Angevin Empire; Wales, Ireland, and Scotland; Ecclesiastical History |
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Henry II and Thomas BecketThe English Constitution Under Henry I and Henry II; Royal Advisors and Councils; Government Finance; The Great Officers of State; Local Government; Royal Courts and the Common Law; Suggested Reading; 4 The Age of the Barons, 1189-1327; The Sons of Henry II; Richard I (1189-1199) and John (1199-1216); The Barons and Magna Carta; Henrv III (1216-1272); Simon de Montfort's Parliament; Edward I (1272-1307); The Development of Parliament; Edward I and the Courts; Edward I's Last Years; Edward II (1307-1327); Wales and Ireland in the Thirteenth Century; Scotland |
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The Crisis of English FeudalismSuggested Reading; 5 The Later Middle Ages, 1327-1485; Edward III (1327-1377) and the Hundred Years' War; The Black Death; Scotland and Edward III; Edward III and Ireland; Richard II and the Revolution of 1399; Parliament in the Fourteenth Century; Parliament in Scotland; Henry IV (1399-1413) and Henry V (1413-1422); Wales Under the Lancastrians; Henry VI (1422-1471); The Wars of the Roses, 1455-1485; Edward IV (1461-1483) and the Yorkists; Richard III (1483-1485); Parliament in the Fifteenth Century; The Early Stewarts in Scotland; Suggested Reading |
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6 Medieval British Society, 1066-1485The Population; Social Structure: The Peasants; Social Structure: The Aristocracy and Middling Groups; Medieval Women; Inheritance Patterns; Farms and Towns; The Wool Trade; Guilds; Housing; The Church; Monks, Friars, and Nuns; The Church in Medieval Society; Wycliffe and the Lollards; The Jews in England; Schools and Universities; Chaucer and the English Language; The End of the Middle Ages; Suggested Reading; Part III The Tudors and The Stuarts; 7 The Earlier Tudors, 1485-1547; Henry VII (1485-1509); The Impostors; Dynastic Marriages |
| Summary |
The three volumes of A History of the Peoples of the British Isles weave together the histories of England, Ireland, Scotland, and Wales and their peoples. The authors trace the course of social, economic, cultural and political history from prehistoric times to the present, analyzing the relationships, differences and similarities of the four areas. Covering British history from prehistoric times to 1688, Volume I's main themes include:* the development of prehistoric, Roman and Anglo-Saxon Britain* discussions of family and class structures* Medieval |
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Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781134415281 |
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1134415281 |
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